1. On a scale of 1-10, rate yourself on how well you participated in the previous lesson. 1 being not at all, 10 being the whole time. 2. Why did you rate yourself the way you did?
I actually wasn't participating in PE yesterday because of an injury I sustained on Saturday at my netball game. So I'd give myself a 1, but based on my work in previous PE lessons I'd give myself a 6: I haven't been doing it to the best of my ability and I feel like I need to change that, so from now on I'm actually going to try my best in PE.
3. What do you think you have done well in PE?
There have been certain things that I've attempted to try my best at, like football and netball because they're sports I know well. However I need to work on getting out of my comfort zone.
4. What skills did you use to accomplish passing and dribbling?
While I was watching I observed that the best players kept their stick by the puck (or in our case, a ball) while they were dribbling instead of whacking it in front of them.
5. What do you need to improve upon for next time?
We're doing floor hockey for the rest of the lesson and I'm honestly going to try my best in all of my games. I'm going to focus on keeping my stick near the puck and staying in control of the ball.
Tuesday, 14 May 2019
Friday, 10 May 2019
MIGRATION: Voyage conditions and illnesses
https://teara.govt.nz/en/the-voyage-out
Q1. Where did people prefer to migrate to and why?
Most people preferred to migrate to Canada or the Americas. This is because voyages to countries such as New Zealand were very long and strenuous, taking up to 120 days. What's more, most people were restricted to poor conditions with limited food and space as only the rich could afford cabins.
Q2. How would people feel on the day they left?
People would feel distraught and upset to leave their relatives and native land, often to never return. Women often cried, sometimes together, sometimes reading letters. Travel wasn't as convenient as it is now and seeing, and communicating, with family was almost impossible after migrating to another country.
Q3. Describe the conditions in steerage.
As only wealthy people could afford private cabins, the poorer people, which outnumbered the rich by 10:1, had to travel in small spaces with low ceilings called steerages. The steerage was located below the main deck.
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Q4+5: What were some of the issues people faced in storms, with food and hygiene? What were some of the sicknesses you got onboard?
Because there were so many people with poor hygiene in such a confined space, diseases and illness spread extremely quickly. Cholera, tuberculosis, influenza and smallpox were just one of many diseases common in the 1800's as they were easily transmitted - especially in the confined, cramped conditions that many people on ships had to face for months. Infectious diseases soon became the most serious threat to health and wellbeing in the early 1900's.
🎶 MUSIC MEGA-BLOG: Focused Listening 🎶
1st song: Adele, Hello
1. What instruments can you hear?
Piano, vocals, drums, backing vocals, bass (only very subtle). There was also a keyboard I didn't originally pick up.
2. How would you describe the singer's voice?
Adele's voice is slow, raw, powerful, and strong. She can sing high notes powerfully, and low notes. She has an excellent vibrato and natural singing ability: she is able to sing without straining her voice. There are some high notes that Adele hits effortlessly. Really brilliant runs, overall an excellent voice, I'm only slightly jealous.
3. What kind of feel does this song have?
Hello by Adele has a sort of sad yet soulful feel to it, I feel as if though you could cry to this very easily and have a good emotional release. It's a powerful, bold song that's a great breakup anthem. Slow, regretful, and painful, yet empowering.
2nd song: Adele, Hello (reggae cover)
1. What instruments can you hear?
A drum/percussion of some sort: bongos, drums, vocals, backing vocals, a string instruments I can't identify.
2. How would you describe the singer's voice?
The singer's voices was very plain in my opinion, both singers (male and female) were able to hit the notes well, including some high ones, but it wasn't particularly powerful or emotional. Both are talented singers. The male vocalist has a subtle rasp to his voice which I liked, it brought some depth to the song.
3. What kind of feel does this song have?
This song is very chill and more upbeat in comparison to Adele's original version of Hello. It had a really nice Island feel like what I really loved. Both songs are very different but I liked both feels, I feel as if though you could feel two very different emotions while listening to both songs.
1. What instruments can you hear?
Piano, vocals, drums, backing vocals, bass (only very subtle). There was also a keyboard I didn't originally pick up.
2. How would you describe the singer's voice?
Adele's voice is slow, raw, powerful, and strong. She can sing high notes powerfully, and low notes. She has an excellent vibrato and natural singing ability: she is able to sing without straining her voice. There are some high notes that Adele hits effortlessly. Really brilliant runs, overall an excellent voice, I'm only slightly jealous.
3. What kind of feel does this song have?
Hello by Adele has a sort of sad yet soulful feel to it, I feel as if though you could cry to this very easily and have a good emotional release. It's a powerful, bold song that's a great breakup anthem. Slow, regretful, and painful, yet empowering.
2nd song: Adele, Hello (reggae cover)
1. What instruments can you hear?
A drum/percussion of some sort: bongos, drums, vocals, backing vocals, a string instruments I can't identify.
2. How would you describe the singer's voice?
The singer's voices was very plain in my opinion, both singers (male and female) were able to hit the notes well, including some high ones, but it wasn't particularly powerful or emotional. Both are talented singers. The male vocalist has a subtle rasp to his voice which I liked, it brought some depth to the song.
3. What kind of feel does this song have?
This song is very chill and more upbeat in comparison to Adele's original version of Hello. It had a really nice Island feel like what I really loved. Both songs are very different but I liked both feels, I feel as if though you could feel two very different emotions while listening to both songs.
UNWIND: The Idea of Being Alone
Theme: Being alone
Being alone is not necessarily always a bad thing. Being alone can help you to think more clearly, can give you space from other people's emotions or can make you feel free. But, being alone for too long can make you feel sad or depressed. Find three quotes from within the text for Connor, Lev and Risa to show their reactions to being alone. How does the theme of being alone shape the text? Connor:
Connor is scared of being alone, evident through this quote found on Page 4, Chapter 1. He is 'terrified' to run away - or 'kick-AWOL' - without his girlfriend Ariana, despite being known as the bad boy in society, indicating to readers that Connor isn't as hard and insensitive like he seems.
"Connor hangs on the thought. The idea of kicking-AWOL by himself terrifies him. He might put up a tough front, he might act like the bad boy at school - but running away on his own? He doesn't even know if he has the guts."
Risa
Risa feels hurt when she is alone. Evident through the quote, 'Mr. Durkin does not come. This hurts Risa most of all.' Mr Durkin is a teacher and fatherly figure to Risa, and Risa feels lonely and hurt when he does not come to visit her in a guest room.
Lev
Lev feels the most alone when he is kidnapped by Connor and Risa: being the odd-man-out in a 2 strangers against 1 boy battle, he can't help but feel lonely, disbelieving, nervous and speechless. "My parents will look for me," Lev quotes, disbelieving that he will remain tied up with these strangers.
How does the theme of being alone shape the text?
Loneliness is an important motif in Unwind, all of the protagonists experience it and it helps readers understand the true, inside emotions the characters have to deal with. The author has included these moments of loneliness to portray how these characters feel in emotional situations, to represent the character's reputation in the book as 'outsiders' or 'weirdos'.
Monday, 6 May 2019
MIGRATION (a MySimpleShow)
Script: Migration: what, why, how?
Migration is the moving and transferring of humans from one region of the world to another, with the intention of temporarily or permanently settling there. While everyone has different reasons for migrating, some people do it voluntarily, but some people do it by necessity.
An example of migration is Syrian refugees moving from their own country to other countries for their own safety. Migration has been around for as long as Earth has been around, and millions of people move everyday.
So why do people migrate? You may not have heard of two common terms named push and pull factors. Push factors are the reasons for someone to move away and migrate to another region.
Pull factors are the reasons for someone to migrate to that specific country. Furthermore, these factors can be categorised into six smaller factors. Cultural, economic, social, political, environmental and natural.
While these terms are easy to interpret, let's go through a few examples. Cultural: for example, a person or family may want to migrate to another region to be in touch with their own culture.
At the same time, culture, which is not always agreed with, can be one of the reasons why someone will migrate away and out of a region. Political tension, economic, environmental, social and natural factors may also influence someone's decision to move to another region.
To illustrate why people migrate in more detail, and explain push and pull factors, here are some examples.
If someone does not like how crowded a certain region or country is - an environmental factor - they may choose to migrate to another region.
Choosing to migrate because of the environment they have lived in is a push factor because it is what is pushing someone out of a country. Furthermore, a pull factor is what draws someone in to a certain region.
If someone wanted to migrate but didn't know where, the factors that influenced the decision to migrate there would be known as a pull factor.
So, have you learned about migration today? Let's recap. People migrate for many different reasons, and it can be a necessity or voluntarily. Push and pull factors are the reasons why or why not you want to migrate to a specific country, or leave your own.
Furthermore, these are often categorised into social, economic, political, environmental, natural and cultural factors. Thank you for listening!
Thursday, 2 May 2019
MAY DAY PROTESTS (a critical literacy task)
✰ Select 3 questions from 3 different colours from the matrix on the following 2 slides.
✰ Apply those questions to a text of your choice. This could be a text studied in class, an advert, a music video, a tv show or film you enjoy.
✰ Post your findings on your blog. Make sure you tell your audience what text you have chosen.
Text One:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48119183?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world&link_location=live-reporting-story
1. How would the text be different if it were told in another time, place, or culture?
If this text were told in another culture: perhaps a culture or country that is not used to the more-violent atrocities that the French May Day protest brought, such as New Zealand, it would be different, at least in my opinion. Take New Zealand for example, it is a country who is not typically used to violent protests. I imagine if a protest like that of the French May Day protests happened in New Zealand, it would be a highly-broadcasted and serious matter than what we have seen in the May Day protest coverage. Although these Paris protests were taken quite seriously, I imagine that New Zealand, a country and culture who is not used to these acts of such violence protests against the government - it would be taken very seriously.
2. Whose views are excluded or privileged in the text?
I believe this text would be more fair if it included a story or opinion from the perspective of a French government official, police officer, etc. To provide another side to the story that isn't from a protester: there are always two sides to a story and hearing one who is fighting against the protesters view would give readers a fair, unbiased read.
3. How do contextual factors influence how the text is interpreted?
I think that, because the text is a developing story, it has influenced how the text is interpreted, at least for me. We have not seen any action taken by the government yet, nor any disclosed details about what action the police or government have already taken, but I imagine once the protests have come to an end and matters are dealt with, the text will be interpreted differently. There may be more things to come - for good or for bad, after all.
✰ Apply those questions to a text of your choice. This could be a text studied in class, an advert, a music video, a tv show or film you enjoy.
✰ Post your findings on your blog. Make sure you tell your audience what text you have chosen.
Text One:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48119183?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world&link_location=live-reporting-story
1. How would the text be different if it were told in another time, place, or culture?
If this text were told in another culture: perhaps a culture or country that is not used to the more-violent atrocities that the French May Day protest brought, such as New Zealand, it would be different, at least in my opinion. Take New Zealand for example, it is a country who is not typically used to violent protests. I imagine if a protest like that of the French May Day protests happened in New Zealand, it would be a highly-broadcasted and serious matter than what we have seen in the May Day protest coverage. Although these Paris protests were taken quite seriously, I imagine that New Zealand, a country and culture who is not used to these acts of such violence protests against the government - it would be taken very seriously.
2. Whose views are excluded or privileged in the text?
I believe this text would be more fair if it included a story or opinion from the perspective of a French government official, police officer, etc. To provide another side to the story that isn't from a protester: there are always two sides to a story and hearing one who is fighting against the protesters view would give readers a fair, unbiased read.
3. How do contextual factors influence how the text is interpreted?
I think that, because the text is a developing story, it has influenced how the text is interpreted, at least for me. We have not seen any action taken by the government yet, nor any disclosed details about what action the police or government have already taken, but I imagine once the protests have come to an end and matters are dealt with, the text will be interpreted differently. There may be more things to come - for good or for bad, after all.
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
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